ISSF World Championship 2026 also confirmed India’s third shooting quota for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics after Vivaan Kapoor secured a silver medal in the men’s trap event after the gold medal was decided through the shoot-offs.
In the regulation 30-shot final event, both Abdulrahman Al Faihan from Kuwait and Vivaan Kapoor finished tied at 29 points each. In the shoot-off round, the Kuwaiti shooter managed to score three to win the gold medal, while Vivaan missed once to finish with a silver medal.
Chinese Qi Ying scored 22 to claim the bronze medal in that event. Another Indian Udaivir Singh Jaijee finished in sixth place after managing to score 11.
This silver medal helped India to secure the country’s first quota for the trap event for LA28. It was also India’s third men’s shooting quota confirmation for the next Summer Olympics. In the ISSF World Championship 2026, India also secured one LA28 quota each for the men’s 10m air pistol and men’s 50m rifle three positions after Jaypal Malviya won a silver medal and Niraj Kumar won a bronze medal, respectively.
While India has confirmed three shooting quotas for the LA 2028, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has the exclusive authority to take the final decision on the representation of its respective teams at the Olympic Games.
ISSF World Championship 2026: Men's Trap — Final Scores
Rank/Medals | Name (NOC) | Result | Note |
Gold | Abdulrahman Al Faihan (Kuwait) | 29 | Shoot-off: 3 |
Silver | Vivaan Kapoor (India) | 29 | Shoot-off: 2 |
Bronze | Qi Ying (China) | 22 | |
4 | Yavuz İlnam (Turkey) | 18 | |
5 | Nathan Hales (Great Britain) | 11 | |
6 | Udaivir Singh Jaijee (India) | 11 | |
7 | Azamat Kayumov (Uzbekistan) | 7 | |
8 | Josip Glasnović (Croatia) | 4 |